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Government confirms 2027 service charge overhaul for flat landlords

Government confirms 2027 service charge overhaul for flat landlords

The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal…

Fleet widens joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July

Fleet widens joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July

Fleet Mortgages widened joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July, opening more buy-to-let cases involving foreign-national applicants and layered company structures.

Rightmove: rental supply falls below 2025 level as rents hit record

Rightmove: rental supply falls below 2025 level as rents hit record

Rightmove says advertised rents hit new records in London and across Great Britain outside the capital in Q2, while available rental supply fell 1 percent…

JLL: BTR investment hit £3bn in first half

JLL: BTR investment hit £3bn in first half

UK build-to-rent investment reached £3 billion in the first half of 2026, making it the second-strongest start to a year on record, according to new...

Huw Pill warns rates may need to rise over next year

Huw Pill warns rates may need to rise over next year

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says UK interest rates may need to rise over the next year, sharpening landlord refinancing risk ahead of…

Housing benefit now covers just 1.9% of rentals

Housing benefit now covers just 1.9% of rentals

Only 1.9 percent of private rental listings across Britain are now affordable to households relying on housing benefit, according to new analysis led by Crisis...

Rightmove says new-build supply hits nine-year low as target gap widens

Rightmove says new-build supply hits nine-year low as target gap widens

Rightmove says new housing developments brought to market have fallen to their lowest level since January 2017, widening the gap between supply delivery and the…

Hyde Park Gate retrial leaves HMO operator with £62,177 bill

Hyde Park Gate retrial leaves HMO operator with £62,177 bill

A Hyde Park Gate landlord and his property management company were left with a combined £62,176.68 bill after a retrial over an unsafe 22-room HMO,…

Hamptons says failed sales could keep 100,000 homes out of the rental market

Hamptons says failed sales could keep 100,000 homes out of the rental market

Hamptons says failed sales could keep nearly 100,000 homes out of the rental market for a year under Ground 1A, after 51 percent of rental…

Propertymark says London rent salary threshold fell 17% in June

Propertymark says London rent salary threshold fell 17% in June

Propertymark says the salary needed for an average London rent fell 17 percent year on year to £71,550 in June, even as average rents in…

ABI warns 1.3m more pensioner households may rent by 2044

ABI warns 1.3m more pensioner households may rent by 2044

ABI-backed research says 1.3 million more pensioner households could be renting by 2044, leaving nearly one in three retired households in the private or social…

Fleet says London yields rise as North-South gap narrows

Fleet says London yields rise as North-South gap narrows

Fleet Mortgages says London yields rose to 6.3 percent in Q2 2026 as the North-South gap narrowed, even with the North East still leading England…

RICS says June tenant demand rose as landlord supply stayed tight

RICS says June tenant demand rose as landlord supply stayed tight

RICS says tenant demand strengthened in June while landlord instructions stayed at -18 percent, adding to the rental supply pressure that is still keeping rent…

SpareRoom says Q2 room supply fell as six regions hit rent highs

SpareRoom says Q2 room supply fell as six regions hit rent highs

SpareRoom says flatshare room supply fell 3.2 percent in Q2 2026 while room rents hit record highs in six UK regions, sharpening the supply squeeze…

Lloyds: UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June

Lloyds: UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June

The average UK home price rose 0.2 percent in June to £299,330, according to Lloyds’ latest house price index, ending three straight monthly falls and...

Bank of England says remortgage shock will hit 5m borrowers by 2028

Bank of England says remortgage shock will hit 5m borrowers by 2028

The Bank of England says more than five million UK households are now expected to refinance onto higher mortgage payments by the end of 2028,…

Reed says 4 in 10 Right to Buy homes are now privately rented

Reed says 4 in 10 Right to Buy homes are now privately rented

Steve Reed says more than four in 10 former Right to Buy homes are now privately rented, using a Lloyds forum speech to defend Right…

Ground rent cap exemption test opens for flat landlords

Ground rent cap exemption test opens for flat landlords

The government has opened an eight-week consultation on whether some leaseholders and freeholders should be carved out of the planned £250 ground rent cap, in...

Pegasus says landlord portfolios rise to 7.3 as full-time share grows

Pegasus says landlord portfolios rise to 7.3 as full-time share grows

Pegasus Insight says the average landlord portfolio has risen to 7.3 properties, while 21 percent of landlords now describe themselves as full-time or self-employed in…

Government weighs new council powers over short-term lets and second homes

Government weighs new council powers over short-term lets and second homes

Government ministers say councils could get extra powers over short-term lets and second homes, opening another local intervention route for landlords and holiday-let owners.
















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